Reports Report 3088a (Event 3088-2018)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | TIna W |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I'm not sure about my exact location when I saw it. I was driving north on US101 near Gilroy. If I was further South than I marked on the map, the degrees of where I saw it will be off, because the direction of the freeway changes. I also feel unsure about some of the other details of the observation description, because the observation was so brief and unexpected. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Gilroy, CA |
| Latitude | 37° 0' 48.33'' N (37.013424°) |
| Longitude | 121° 33' 44.16'' W (-121.562267°) |
| Elevation | 59.605m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2018-08-16 07:57 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2018-08-16 14:57 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 161° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 337.64° |
| First azimuth | 338.6° |
| First elevation | 71° |
| Last azimuth | 350.66° |
| Last elevation | 45° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
| Color | Light Blue, but I was wearing sunglasses, which make warm colors appear cooler, and saw it at the top of my windshield, which is a little tinted, so maybe the color was different |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1s |
| Length | 8° |
| Remarks | It looked like a meteor with a train, like you see briefly at night, but bigger and brighter. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |